Stops playing when running in background

[seppestas]

The plugin stops playing audio after about 15 seconds when it is running in the background. Seems like other users are also reporting this in the extension's review page.

Environment:
Windows 10 Pro, Version 20H2, Build 19042.631
Google Chrome Version 104.0.5112.102 (Official Build) (64-bit)

[thom4parisot]

Ah! I'm sorry for that.

I suspect Chrome is changing their extensions policy (maybe in June?), by removing "background" extensions capability. Unfortunately I don't know yet how to consume the audio feed with a web workers… I'm off for vacations so I won't be able to fix it for now.

Firefox does not trigger this issue though.

[zogs]

Bad news, Firefox is now reproducing this behavior. (since 106.0.1 at minima)
The audio stops after 20 to 60 seconds...

I've been using the extension almost everyday for years.... what am i gonna do... i cant live without fip ^^

[zogs]

i tried to change the param "extensions.backgroundServiceWorker.enabled" to true in about:config but no luck

[thom4parisot]

Yeah, same thing here :-(

The extension runs as a "background extension", so it's not even a background "Service Worker" (new format of extensions).

I have no idea how to stream audio from within a ServiceWorker: Chrome states it is impossible for now.

Maybe by opening a pinned tab as a workaround?…

[thom4parisot]

Some more context in this comment of WebAudio/web-audio-api#2383

[guest271314]

How can I be of help here?

[mcogoni]

Hi Thomas!
No news about the bug?
I really miss having the FIP button. I'm currently using the pinned FIP webpage but it's not as functional.

ciao